Fred Dibnah's Age of Steam
Fred Dibnah's Age of Steam is a TV show on BBC2. The program has been available since 2023. A total of 12 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in January 2024.
Last broadcast:30/01/2024 at 02:30
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Fred Dibnah's Age of Steam
Fred Dibnah looks at the advances made with the invention of the steam turbine.
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Fred Dibnah looks at how steam revolutionised shipping, from the earliest paddle steamers to more modern vessels like the Britannia.
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Fred Dibnah looks at early experiments in the use of steam for road transport, and at the rise of the traction engine.
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Fred Dibnah looks at the extraordinary expansion of industrial Britain in the 18th century.
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Fred Dibnah tells the story of steam trains, from the earliest colliery railways to the 1960s.
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Fred Dibnah traces the development of steam power from the earliest experiments in the ancient world to the modern nuclear power station.
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Fred Dibnah looks at the advances made with the invention of the steam turbine, still used to generate electricity in coal-fired and nuclear power stations.
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A look at how steam power revolutionised shipping, from the earliest paddle steamers with screw propellers to more modern vessels like the Royal Yacht Britannia.
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Fred traces the development of steam power. He looks at early experiments in its use for road transport, and at the development of the traction engine.
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Steam history series. A look at the industrial expansion of the 18th century, and the use of steam engines in mills, collieries and steelworks.
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Fred Dibnah traces the development of steam power, from early colliery railways to the end of steam travel in Britain in the 1960s.
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Science history with Fred Dibnah. Fred visits Cornwall to look at the early history of the steam engine, first developed to pump water from mines.